Lesson: 1 (noun) remembering past experiences in order to alter or avoid future mistakes. 2 (Jurassic Park) this does not apply.

Let me set the scene: in the distant past of a time long forgotten by civilization, a time known as 1990, a book was published by little known author Michael Crichton based on an idea he had several years earlier about people cloning dinosaurs. I, being a young and plucky 12 year old, was looking to break into the dynamic world of words (I didn’t read much.) I chose a book with a Tyrannosaurus Rex skull on the front, because dinosaurs are cool.

The book was “Jurassic Park,” and I became enthralled in its mythos. The action, intrigue, betrayal, corporate trickery and dino carnage all screamed for a summer blockbuster, and Steven Spielberg delivered. With John Williams remarkable score backing it, Industrial Light and Magic’s CGI dinosaurs revolutionizing the industry, and a cast from Sam Neill through Samuel L. Jackson on to Jeff Goldblum, this movie hit harder than a T-Rex eating a lawyer off a toilet (a part that my then 2-year-old niece, Rebecca, laughed at every time. Love that girl.)

Then the second movie, “The Lost World, happened. It was nowhere near as good as the first, campy as heck at best, and only wanted to sell toys. We got Goldblum back, but that’s all. That’s like recruiting the 1987 San Francisco 49’ers and only getting the back-up kicker. A bitter disappointment all around.

But hey, they had some money left over and Sam Neill needed to make a house payment or something, because they made a third movie. At least they kept it out of San Francisco this time. It was better than the second, but most movies (other than “Twilight”) are better than the second “Jurassic Park.”

I plan on watching the NEW “Jurassic World” this weekend. I’ll let ya know what I think next week, but it’s got some seriously big footprints to fill. Fourth time’s the charm?

Until then, class dismissed.

Jason Reeves is self-proclaimed geek tackling on the biggest issues from video games to movies and everything in between.